Hollow embroidering method

ABSTRACT

Hollow embroidering method including steps of: entirely or partially adding a filling material as a pad member onto a portion of a fabric to be embroidered; embroidering threads onto the filling material layer by layer and making the filling material filled in the space between the layers of threads; immerging the embroidered fabric into an agent capable of resolving the filling material without affecting the firmness and brightness of the threads; and washing the fabric with clean water and drying the fabric to achieve a product with stacked layers of hollow embroidered designs presenting a tiered and 3-dimentional effect.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention is related to a hollow embroidering methodwhich is able to present a tier embroidered design with enhanced3-dimentional effect and more liveliness. The hollow embroidering methodis applicable to various kinds of fabrics or articles.

[0002] There are various types of embroideries such as plane embroidery,3-dimention embroidery, etc. With respect to plane embroidery, withoutadding any filling material to a fabric as a pad member, threads aredirectly embroidered and stacked on a certain portion of the fabric topresent a tiered design. With respect to 3-dimention embroidery, a foamfilling material is added to the entire embroidered portion or a partthereof and threads are stitched to totally wrap the foam fillingmaterial to present a protruding 3-dimentional design.

[0003] Although the plane embroidery is able to present a slightlytiered design by means of stacked threads on different embroideredportions, it is hard for the plane embroidery to present an emphatictiered and 3-dimentional design. The 3-dimention embroidery is able topresent protruding 3-dimentional design. However, the foam fillingmaterial is wrapped by the threads so that it is hard for the3-dimention embroidery to present finely tiered design. Moreover, thefoam filling material can be hardly tightly wrapped by the threads andwhen tearing off the foam filling material around the embroidereddesign, the fragments of the foam filling material is very liable to beexposed to outer side of the threads. This will deteriorate theappearance of the embroidered design.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0004] It is therefore a primary object of the present invention toprovide a hollow embroidering method which is able to present a clearlytier embroidered design with enhanced 3-dimentional effect and moreliveliness.

[0005] It is a further object of the present invention to provide theabove hollow embroidering method which is co-usable with any of otherembroidering methods to achieve finer and more clearly tiered hollowembroidered design.

[0006] According to the above objects, the hollow embroidering method ofthe present invention includes steps of: entirely or partially adding afilling material as a pad member onto a portion of a fabric to beembroidered; embroidering threads onto the filling material layer bylayer and making the filling material filled in the space between thelayers of threads; immerging the embroidered fabric into an agentcapable of resolving the filling material without affecting the firmnessand brightness of the threads; and washing the fabric with clean waterand drying the fabric to achieve a product.

[0007] The present invention can be best understood through thefollowing description and accompanying drawings wherein:

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0008]FIG. 1 is a block flow chart of the present invention;

[0009]FIG. 2 shows the manufacturing procedure of the present invention;

[0010]FIG. 3 is a side enlarged view of the product made by the hollowembroidering method of the present invention;

[0011] FIGS. 4 to 7 show the manufacturing procedure of the presentinvention, which is co-used with the plane embroidery; and

[0012]FIG. 8 is a side enlarged view of the product made by the methodof FIGS. 4 to 7.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0013] Please refer to FIG. 1. The hollow embroidering method of thepresent invention includes steps of:

[0014] 1. entirely or partially adding a filling material as a padmember onto a portion of a fabric to be embroidered;

[0015] 2. embroidering threads onto the filling material layer by layer;

[0016] 3. immerging the embroidered fabric into an agent capable ofresolving the filling material; and

[0017] 4. washing the fabric with clean water and drying the fabric toachieve a product.

[0018] The filling material as a pad member is entirely or partiallyadded onto the portion of the fabric to be embroidered and the threadsare embroidered onto the filling material layer by layer, whereby thefilling material is filled in the space between the layers of threads.After the embroidered design is completed, the fabric is immerged intothe agent to resolve the filling material filled between the threads.After washed with clean water and dried, the threads are embroidered andstacked layer by layer on the fabric to achieve a hollow 3-dimentionaldesign with liveliness.

[0019] As shown in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, the filling material 20added onto the fabric 10 is a piece of polylon. Threads 13, 14 withdifferent colors are embroidered on the filling material 20 to stitchthe filling material 20 on the fabric 10 and form a design. Then thefabric 10 with the filling material 20 is immerged into an agent 30 asshown in FIG. 6, such as tetrachloroethylene so as to resolve thefilling material (polylon) 20. Accordingly, space 40 are defined betweenthe threads 13, 14 and the fabric 10 and the embroidered fabric canpresent a 3-dimentional and lively design as shown in FIG. 3.

[0020] The hollow embroidering method of the present invention can beco-used with other embroidering method. Referring to FIG. 4, the presentinvention is co-used with the plane embroidery. First, by way of planeembroidery, a fabric 10 is embroidered with a plane design 11 which isdivided into a main design 111 and a subsidiary design 112.

[0021] Referring to FIG. 5, a filling material 20 is added onto theplane design 11 and the threads 12 are secondarily embroidered onto thesubsidiary design 112, whereby the filling material 20 is stitched onthe fabric 10 by the threads 12. Finally, the fabric 10 with the fillingmaterial 20 is immerged into an agent 30 as shown in FIG. 6, whereby thefilling material (polylon) 20 is resolved by the agent 30. Accordingly,the outer subsidiary design 112 embroidered with the threads 12 ishigher, while the inner main design 111 is lower so that they can beeasily distinguished from each other as shown in FIG. 7. This is clearerwith reference to FIG. 8. After the filling material 20 previouslyfilled between the secondary threads 12 and the fabric 10 is resolved bythe agent, space 40 are emerged therebetween. Therefore, the main design111 and the hollow embroidered threads 12 of the subsidiary design 112of the plane embroidery are positioned on different heights.Accordingly, a more tiered and 3-dimentional design is presented.

[0022] Alternatively, the threads 12 can be secondarily embroidered ontothe main design 111, whereby the main design 111 becomes a hollowembroidered design, while the subsidiary design 112 adopts a planeembroidered design. Accordingly, the inner main design 111 is higher,while the outer subsidiary design 112 is lower.

[0023] According to the above hollow embroidering method of the presentinvention, a fine and clearly tiered hollow embroidered design can bepresented to achieve an enhanced 3-dimentional effect. Also, the problemof exposure of foam fragments existing in the conventional 3-dimentionembroidery can be eliminated.

[0024] The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the presentinvention, not intended to limit the scope thereof. Many modificationsof the above embodiments can be made without departing from the spiritof the present invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. Hollow embroidering method comprising steps of:I. entirely or partially adding a filling material as a pad member ontoa portion of a fabric to be embroidered; II. embroidering threads ontothe filling material layer by layer and making the filling materialfilled in the space between the layers of threads; III. immerging theembroidered fabric into an agent capable of resolving the fillingmaterial; and IV. washing the fabric with clean water and drying thefabric to achieve a product with stacked layers of hollow embroidereddesigns presenting a tiered and 3-dimentional effect.
 2. Hollowembroidering method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the filling materialis a piece of polylon.
 3. Hollow embroidering method as claimed in claim1, wherein the agent is tetrachloroethylene.
 4. Hollow embroideringmethod as claimed in claim 1, wherein the embroidering method isco-usable with any of other embroidering methods.